Dr. Patricia Blessing
@pdblessing
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Historian of Islamic art @Stanford. Editor @IJIA_Journal. Architectural history. Textiles. Historiography. Avid reader of novels; mother of one small dragon.
Joined June 2020
Just started in my new position at Stanford University:
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Out now, my new article on the logistics of tile making in @alusuralwusta
New article alert! Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.
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Büyük Türkiye, Osmanlı ve İstanbul tarihçisi Profesör Klaus Kreiser’i kaybettik. Ailesinin, öğrencilerinin ve meslektaşların başı sağolsun. DEUTSCHES ARCHÄOLOGISCHES INSTITUT aracılığı ile Klaus Kreiser (6 Mart 1945 – 8 Eylül 2024) Bamberg Üniversitesi Emeritus Profesörü,
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This article starts with one of the worst things that can befall a human being. It only gets worse from there. 'Searching for Gaza's Missing Children' https://t.co/Mq2q7gIwME
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More than 19,000 children have been orphaned. More than 1,000 children have lost one or multiple limbs. More than 30 children have died of malnutrition and dehydration. https://t.co/k5Gm2sJlVD
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Faced with the German media’s failure to inform, and the subsequent silence surrounding the horrific death tolls of so many innocent victims, we want to speak aloud: our frustration, our outrage, o…
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“We experienced first-hand the horror of this war, witnessing the appalling injuries and death". Senior medical officer Dr. Sandy Inglis describes the impacts of the recent airstrikes in Rafah, and scenes from the Red Cross Field Hospital as staff received patients 👇🏽
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Rafah: a city of children. Hundreds of thousands of them are sick, living with disabilities, malnourished or traumatized. The children of Gaza need a ceasefire NOW.
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My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.
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Abject police violence, invited by admin, on US campuses. Meanwhile, in Gaza: https://t.co/ypgKNqQbMY
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The European hospital is crammed with severely injured and dying children – a military offensive here will be catastrophic, says Unicef’s James Elder
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Excited to welcome Dr. Yektan Türkyilmaz as the Aron Rodrigue International Visitor for 2023–24 at Stanford Humanities Center! Dr. Türkyilmaz's research focuses on collective violence, memory-making, reconciliation, and the politics of music. @yektantyilmaz @abbasiprogram
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Shame on @Princeton. I got my PhD there, and am former faculty. This is not how to treat students who stand up for human rights and humanity.
Shame on @Princeton, the so-called university in "service of humanity." Which humanity pray say?
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Middle East Studies Association Board Joint Statement with CAF concerning escalating repression of protest on campuses https://t.co/cGMJTIYVrU
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The MESA Board of Directors and its Committee on Academic Freedom view with alarm the attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests against the ongoing Israeli state violence...
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@MESA1966 Board of Directors Joint Statement with @CAF4MESA regarding the ongoing genocidal violence against the Palestinian people and their cultural heritage in Gaza: https://t.co/6eqiqmHyvB
mesana.org
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association and its Committee on Academic Freedom condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing attack on Gaza by the state of Israel, result...
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“I want to go back to my school, I miss my teachers and my friends,” says 11-year-old Maha, in Rafah, Gaza. The children of Gaza have a right to be safe, to be in school, to be supported. They need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.
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With thanks to the editors @periodeye and Stephen Campbell, right on time for spring courses:
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“It's a bitter feeling to lose everything - our house, my bedroom, my beautiful clothes and my toys, but I'm a little happy because I was able to keep my new red coat.” Shahd, 12, in front of her destroyed home in southern Gaza. Children need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.
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Water and sanitation services in Gaza are at the point of collapse, putting children at serious risk of illness and death. We need rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all children and families in need.
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Entire neighborhoods in Gaza, where children used to play and go to school, have been turned into stacks of rubble. Children need an immediate, long-lasting humanitarian ceasefire. Now.
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